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Dear, Mister Micawber, I hope my questions don't seem to you very stupid. J The point is that in my language we don't say "What are they?". We use "What are these?" in all cases, whether we point to the objects or identify them. That's why I can't "feel" the difference between these...

He didn't really say 'at the point of consumption' - he was pointing out the difference between live animals and plants, and when they become foodstuffs. A cow is treated differently here compared to a piece of beef.

Hi again, I was doing my own study on the matter by checking these forums' old posts and I think I saw Yankee having written something like this: I had pizza for dinner. -- If I understood your explanations correctly, it is saying, "I had pizza, not an actual pizza in a restaurant setting that...

Hoa Thai wrote: Goodman wrote: You asked: Why can’t I find insist on somebody doing something usage in any dictionaries? Hi Goodman,That was exactly what I asked. Is 'She insisted on John speaking for us all' correct? I thought the dictionaries suggest that we should say,...

Goodman wrote: You asked: Why can’t I find insist on somebody doing something usage in any dictionaries? Hi Goodman,That was exactly what I asked. Is 'She insisted on John speaking for us all' correct? I thought the dictionaries suggest that we should say, "She insisted that John spoke for us...

Darcy wrote:5. Which is correct?Both are correct. (1) is more common.(1) Today we're going to study 'relative pronouns'(2) Today we'll study 'relative pronouns'. 6 Are they correct? (1) is awkward; both need a comma before 'and'.(1) I'll make a list of relative pronouns and then we're...

5. Which is correct?(1) Today we're going to study 'relative pronouns'(2) Today we'll study 'relative pronouns'. 6 Are they correct?(1) I'll make a list of relative pronouns and then we're looking at how to use them.(2) I'll make a list of relative pronouns and then let's look at how to use...

Hello HT, Hoa Thai wrote: My old note stated: 'a number of ' is plural and 'the number of' is singular.We can apply this logic of yours to 'a number of ' too, right? 1. ?There is a number of reasons why my post may be misleading. 2. There are a number of reasons why my post may be...

There are six patterns involving a predicate complement of the object. The complement can be a noun phrase (NP) or an adjective phrase (AP). NP V NP NP | NP V NP AP NP V NP to be NP | NP V NP to be AP NP V NP as NP | NP V NP as AP The same verb can often take more than one of...

Hi everyone,I am studying certain dative verbs in English and I wanted to ask you if there's a difference between two examples I found:1. Hand a knife to Jim2. Hand Jim a knife appose to 1. Hand a ball to Jim2. Hand Jim a ballIs it only me or does "knife" sounds better than "ball"?Can you think...